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Domain registration for businesses of every size
Domain registration for a business means registering the names your company runs on in the company's own name, with renewals you can plan and DNS you control. NameBest shows the renewal price on every result, includes privacy, DNS and forwarding, and keeps every domain in one account with invoices and per domain auto renew.
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Three rules for business domains
- Register the domain with the company as the registrant, not a freelancer or an employee
- Use a registrant email that does not depend on the domain itself, so reminders still arrive if something breaks
- Keep auto renew on for every domain that carries email or revenue
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Founders and new companies
You need the main name, usually a .com, plus one or two extensions that protect the brand, such as .co, .io or .ai. Before you settle on a name, check both the first year and the renewal price, because a short .ai or .io name renews at a registry set price every year. Register the domain in the company name once it exists, and point email first, since that is what breaks first if DNS is wrong.
- Main .com plus the extensions you will actually use
- Renewal price checked for every extension before you buy
- Email set up with MX records on day one, see add MX records
- Read ai vs io vs com before choosing a tech extension
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Agencies and freelancers managing client domains
You run domains for many clients and need them in one place, renewed on time and registered to the client, not to you. NameBest lets you hold all client domains in one account, set the client as the registrant on each domain, and see every expiry date in one list. Invoices come per registration and renewal, so you can pass costs on cleanly. Read domain management for agencies for the full setup.
- Client as registrant, so the client owns the domain
- One list with every expiry date
- Auto renew on or off per domain
- DNS edits without opening tickets
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Online stores
A store depends on its domain for checkout, email receipts and ads. Point the domain to your store platform with the A and CNAME records it gives you, keep email on MX records, and forward old or misspelled names to the main store with 301 redirects so links and ad history are not lost. A .shop or .store extension can serve a campaign or a second brand.
- DNS records for the store platform and email in one editor
- Domain forwarding for old brand names and typos
- .shop domains for second brands and campaigns
- Auto renew on, so the store never goes dark on an expired name
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Developers and indie makers
You want fast DNS edits, your own nameservers and the extensions developers use. .dev and .app are HTTPS only, which keeps sites secure by default. Point the domain to any host or CDN with custom nameservers, add TXT records to verify services, and use subdomains with CNAME records for staging and docs.
- .dev domains and .app domains with HTTPS built in
- Custom nameservers for any host or CDN
- TXT records for service verification
- EPP code in your dashboard whenever you want to move
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Predictable costs for operations and finance
Each domain is a yearly subscription with a known renewal price, renewed from the card on file, with an invoice for every payment. Reminders go out 30 and 7 days before expiry. Export the full domain list with expiry dates to plan the year's spend. See domain invoices and payment methods.
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Questions about domain registration for businesses
Should the domain be registered to the company or to me?
To the company, if it exists. The registrant is the legal holder of the domain. If you register it personally, plan to change the registrant when the company is formed.
Can my web agency register the domain for us?
They can, but ask them to set your company as the registrant. That keeps the domain yours if you change agencies.
Can we get invoices for our domains?
Yes. Every registration, transfer and renewal comes with an invoice in your dashboard.
Which extension is best for a business?
.com is still the default for most companies. Choose a country extension if you sell mainly in one country, or a tech extension such as .io or .ai if your customers expect it.